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10:05 AM ET, February 22, 2024

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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
It's Even Worse Than We Imagined  —  Just when you thought it couldn't be worse, here we are.  —  As I reported last week, a star witness for the GOP-led impeachment inquiry, someone Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) had called a “highly credible human source,” was indicted for making false statements and reports.
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
Republicans Rush to Scrub Mention of FBI Informant in Impeachment Letter  —  House Republicans quietly deleted a reference to their epic fail of an FBI informant in a letter to a potential witness in the somehow-still-ongoing impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
James Comer and Tucker Carlson aren't fooled by Russian lies — they're complicit  —  Last week, the “whistleblower” that House Republicans were counting on to justify a long-planned impeachment of Joe Biden was arrested for lying to the FBI.  In a twist that should surprise exactly no one …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Another GOP Biden ‘informant.’ Another indictment and link to Russia.
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
The Biden ‘bombshells’ all lead back to Trump - and Russia
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
10 Republicans who treated the Biden bribery claim like gospel
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Fox News co-host ‘surprised’ by GOP's ‘threshold for humiliation’ in Biden probe
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Alabama infertility clinic stops offering IVF, fearing prosecution  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  The fertility clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced Wednesday it has stopped offering in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures.
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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Alabama's Fetal Personhood Ruling  —  If you're not already worried about fetal personhood, you should be.  In Alabama last week, the state Supreme Court ruled that embryos are “children,” and that families whose embryos were destroyed in an accident could sue for wrongful death.
NBC News:
Nikki Haley sides with Alabama Supreme Court on IVF ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’  —  The Alabama court's recent ruling raised concerns among doctors and patients worried that classifying embryos as children could restrict in-vitro fertilization.  —  NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis shares his concerns about Trump in a private call with supporters  —  The Florida governor, who endorsed Trump after ending his own White House bid last month, said the former president should not use “identity politics” to pick a running mate.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told backers …
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Teamsters give GOP first major donation in years with $45,000 to RNC  —  The Teamsters' political committee has given $45,000 to the Republican National Committee, according to federal records, a significant departure for a powerful organized labor group that has more recently supported Democrats …
CNN:
Biden considering new executive action to restrict asylum at the border, sources say  —  The White House is considering executive action to restrict migrants' ability to seek asylum at the US-Mexico border if they crossed illegally - a maneuver reminiscent of controversial action …
Discussion: The Hill, Axios, ABC News, Eschaton and NBC News
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Politico:   Playbook: What the GOP would prefer not to discuss
New York Times:
Biden Mulling Plan That Could Restrict Asylum Claims at the Border
Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
How Tim Scott Went From ‘Faith in America’ to Leading Role in Trumpworld  —  Scott's embrace of Trump's message boosts his VP prospects—and disappoints some South Carolinians  —  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—Tim Scott spent his long-shot presidential campaign trying to persuade Republican voters …
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Haley bashes Trump on Russia as she seeks to gain ground in GOP primary
Olivia Hampton / NPR:
Nikki Haley says Biden is ‘more dangerous’ than Trump but neither is fit for the job
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Federal judge affirms MyPillow's Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute  —  A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered …
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Mike Lindell must pay man $5M in ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ challenge, judge says  —  In 2021, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell offered $5 million to anyone who could disprove his claim that he had data showing voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.  —  Now, he must pay a 64-year-old from Nevada that award …
Discussion: Mediaite and HuffPost
Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
Commander, Biden's banished German shepherd, had at least 25 biting incidents in a year  —  President Biden's now-banished German shepherd Commander inflicted more damage with bite incidents than previously known.  —  Newly released records from the United States Secret Service to USA TODAY reveal …
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Arizona prosecutor refuses to extradite murder suspect to New York  —  An Arizona prosecutor said she will not extradite a New York murder suspect to the state on Wednesday, claiming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg could not be trusted to keep the man behind bars.
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
From anti-anti-Putin to openly pro-Putin  —  Tucker Carlson finally takes the mask off. … Tucker Carlson's recent grand tour of Russia was easy to mock.  —  A far less pleasant version of Rick Steves, Carlson wandered around Moscow, gushing over the clean, efficient subways …
Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch:
Republicans Furious as Speaker Johnson Turns GOP Leadership Meeting Into Religious Revival  —  They just wanted to hear plans for keeping their extremely slim House majority  —  Members of House Republican leadership expressed frustration at Speaker Mike Johnson after a GOP leadership retreat …
Discussion: Esquire and Raw Story
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
‘Absurdly woke’: Google's AI chatbot spits out ‘diverse’ images of Founding Fathers, popes, Vikings  —  Google's highly-touted AI chatbot Gemini was blasted as “woke” after its image generator spit out factually or historically inaccurate pictures — including a woman as pope, black Vikings …
Kevin Breuninger / NBC News:
'Who's going to do that?':  Trump faces hurdles in securing appeal bond for fraud case  —  Former President Donald Trump will need to secure a massive bond as he appeals the ruling ordering him to pay more than $450 million in penalties and interest.  —  Former President Donald Trump …
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk quietly visited the Biden White House in September  —  Musk and President Joe Biden, who didn't meet during the visit, have had a frosty relationship driven by differing views on labor unions and more.  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk quietly visited the White House in September …
 
 
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Associated Press:
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